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Model-Driven Theme/UML

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Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development VI

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((TAOSD,volume 5560))

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Theme/UML is an existing approach to aspect-oriented modelling that supports the modularisation and composition of concerns, including crosscutting ones, in design. To date, its lack of integration with model-driven engineering (MDE) techniques has limited its benefits across the development lifecycle. Here, we describe our work on facilitating the use of Theme/UML as part of an MDE process. We have developed a transformation tool that adopts model-driven architecture (MDA) standards. It defines a concern composition mechanism, implemented as a model transformation, to support the enhanced modularisation features of Theme/UML. We evaluate our approach by applying it to the development of mobile, context-aware applications-an application area characterised by many non-functional requirements that manifest themselves as crosscutting concerns.

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  1. Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    Andrew Carton, Cormac Driver, Andrew Jackson & Siobhán Clarke

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The Technion, 32000, Haifa, Israel

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  2. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 704, 10598, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

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  3. Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, 80523-1873, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    Robert France

  4. IRISA, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Jean-Marc Jézéquel

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Carton, A., Driver, C., Jackson, A., Clarke, S. (2009). Model-Driven Theme/UML. In: Katz, S., Ossher, H., France, R., Jézéquel, JM. (eds) Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development VI. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5560. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03764-1_7

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